The state Department of Environmental Protection this week approved an air quality plan to allow an onsite leachate treatment and evaporation system to be installed at Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Rostraver Township. The air quality plan approval establishes emissions limitations and ...
Aquatic life in the area of the Lower Monongahela River has a new home with the recent completion of 73 stone fish reefs, built in conjunction with a sweeping locks and dam reconstruction project. The fish reef construction is part of the Lower Monongahela River project, which was launched in ...
The state attorney general鈥檚 office has withdrawn the misdemeanor theft charge against Bob Sabot, who was accused by Prothonotary Laura Hough of removing one of her political signs a day after the Nov. 7 election. Sabot was scheduled to appear Wednesday morning for his preliminary hearing, ...
Pennsylvania State Police issued its report on incidents troopers responded to over the holiday weekend. Throughout the state, state police responded to 404 crashes, less than the 661 they responded to last year. According to police, 36 of those accidents involved alcohol and three people were ...
A car found submerged in the Monongahela River near Point Marion on Sunday has been identified as a vehicle stolen more than 15 years ago. State police said two fishermen located the vehicle near the Point Marion boat launch while using a fish finder instrument on their boat. The fishermen ...
The state Department of Transportation announced last week that Rachel Duda has been appointed to serve as the new executive of PennDOT District 12 that includes Greene, Fayette, Washington and Westmoreland counties. Duda officially took over the position Saturday and replaced Bill Kovach, who ...
